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Ted Jackson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

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Ted Jackson joined the Times-Picayune in 1984, has covered stories such as the opening of the Berlin Wall, the Persian Gulf War and was one of a four-person team that won a Pulitzer Prize for public service for “Oceans of Trouble. tjackson@nola.com

TED JACKSON / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Jim Letten talks to the media concerning Judge Wayne Cresap's guilty plea at Federal Court, and confers with David Welker, left, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's New Orleans division. Also standing with Letten is Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brian Marcelle and Rick Pickens, far right, Thursday October 1, 2009.

TED JACKSON / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Students in Patricia Arceneaux's kindergarten enthusiastically class show off their portraits of President Obama Monday, October 12, 2009 that they colored to welcome him after he announced that he is visiting their school, Martin Luther King Academic Magnet School on Thursday.

TED JACKSON / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Students in Patricia Arceneaux's kindergarten enthusiastically class show off their portraits of President Obama Monday, October 12, 2009 that they colored to welcome him after he announced that he is visiting their school, Martin Luther King Academic Magnet School on Thursday.

Members of the New Orleans Police Department arrested 27-year-old Steven Powell Tuesday, October 13, 2009, wanted in connection with the murder of Leslie Cannon that occurred in the 2100 block of Ursulines Street September 20, 2008.

TED JACKSON / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Children scream excitedly when they hear helicopters overhead and they think it is the arrival of President Barack Obama for his visit to Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School, Thursday October 15, 2009.

TED JACKSON / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Second grader Dominique Landry, 7 and her friends react as President Barack Obama emerges from the cafeteria doors to greet children during his visit to Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School, Thursday October 15, 2009. "I was so excited I thought I was going to fall out," she said. "He is so handsome."

TED JACKSON / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE With a backdrop of Martin Luther King that is always the stage backdrop, President Barack Obama visits with members of the technology club during his visit to Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School, Thursday October 15, 2009.